T-80U really feels out of place on my lineup right now… only tank with 1st gen (ew) thermals, 3BM42 instead of 3BM60, 24/5º/s turret/gun rotation speed instead of 40/40º/s…
When it comes to getting the sellable coupons… yes, they are virtually impossible, I gave up on that after the last couple ones, hahah. They require like 6-8 hours every day, it’s madness.
But when it comes to getting the vehicles themselves, I find it feasible with the playtime I dedicate to gaming a day by default (2-3 hours), so yay!
Stop putting T-80BVM above T-90M.
That’s like putting M1A1 HC with M829A3 above SEP3 firing the same round just cause the HC is lighter and faster despite being worse armored.
Neither.
The T-80B and IPM1 were added in the same update, 1.81 ‘‘The Valkyries’’.
This meant the US was the only country with two top-tier MBT’s, both of which were superior to any other top-tier MBT. They also received the best helicopter and still had the best CAS options as well. Hence the 80%+ winrates the US sat on for months.
I play both the M1A2 and the Leclerc and I think they are fairly similar in performance.
I have much better stats on the Leclerc though because you don’t always get paired with US.
90% of the people playing the US TT at top tier are premium players using the M1A1 Click-bait or AIM.
The Abrams is an above average MBT, if you’re having issues with it it’s a player problem.
If you are having issues with low W/R as a US TT player it’s probably due to premium spam(low skill players and/or 1DL) and the fact that US players tend to go CAS immediately and abandon the map[objectives] to the enemy.
The 1st M1A2 bumped it up as well
but they were short lived since Gaijin would release a top tier event vehicle cratering the w/r again (merk 3d/M60 SLEP iirc)
Most of the time you could fall back to the IPM1 and M1A1 for some seal clubbing.
The IPM1 was on a 78.9% winrate on early/mid 2023 and a 67% winrate in early 2022.
The M1A1 was on a 74.9% winrate in mid 2023 and the M1A2 SEP on a 69.6% winrate in early 2023.
Even now the IPM1 and M1A1 are on a 63% and 61% winrate respectively.
I said this before, the problem currently at top tier is that an average/above average MBT is just not strong enough to deal with braindead easy monsters like the Strv 122s and 2A7s.
I still do fine in my Abrams and I love playing them, but I do face Sweden+Germany very often.
So if team A is filled with above average tanks and team B is filled for at least 50-70% with monster tanks like the Strv 122s/2A7s, whith the remainder being average tanks, it’s no wonder that team A loses far more often. Even if both teams had exactly the same skill levels.
To a somewhat large extend, yes. I’m just saying that even without all the 11.3 premium/squadron tank players the state of US top tier would look similar. Just maybe with a 40-45% winrate instead of 30-35%.
So, 2 advantages. The mobility is only reverse really.
T-90M meanwhile has over double the turret armor and more hull armor.
T-90M has CITV well above its turret roof.
T-90M has safer ammo storage.
And T-90M has a spall liner irrelevant if it’s bugged or not.